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54th annual spring meeting
Church of christ 2907 dean avenue april 23 & 24
Saturday 3:00 & 6:30 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.
Planned recreation Sat. eve.
Meals served following Sat. p.m. & Sun. a.m. services.
For housing/reservations:
Margaret warren
607 Kelsey lane
Altoona, ia 50009 515 967-5650
For, lo, the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone; the
flowers appear on the earth; the
time of the singing of the birds
is come……Song of Solomon
2:11,12.
My computer sits on a desk
in my home office, its back to
the windows that show me the
view of my front lawn and the
street on which we live. Below
the windows are beds with
green plants in them: calla
lilies; a broad-leafed plant
whose name I don’t know; some
cacti in terra cotta bowls; and a
large bird-of-paradise plant,
which every spring produces
exotic orange and purple
blossoms.
This past spring, Perky, the
little Australian shepherd mix
who lives in my office because
she can’t get along with the
other dogs, took to standing on
her hind legs and looking out
the window at the street. I
thought she probably did it
because she was lonely when I
wasn’t in the office with her.
Then I discovered she had a
friend.
I was sitting at the
keyboard, typing one morning,
when I saw an iridescent green
hummingbird at the bird-of-
paradise blossoms, wings
moving impossibly fast,
long beak probing for nectar
in the vivid blooms. I stopped
working to watch; there is
s o m e t h i n g a b o u t a
hummingbird that makes me
marvel at creation. Perky came
over to the window and stood to
put her paws on the sill. I
thought she would bark at the
hummingbird, but she didn’t,
and I didn’t want to shoo her
away because I thought it
would startle the little bird.
The hummingbird left its
flower and came over to the
window, hovering on the other
side of the glass just beyond
Perky’s nose. They looked at
each other for almost thirty
seconds, and is was possible to
imagine that they were
communicating, asking how
things were going, wishing each
other well. The meeting done,
Perky dropped back down on
the rug, the hummingbird went
back to breakfast, and I
returned to my work, feeling
privileged to have been
eavesdropping on a natural
scene I could never have
imagined.
Thank you, God for the
glimpses You give me of the
glory of Your creation.---
ROHDA BLECKER
L ghthouse of Iowa
Keeping in touch with Iowa’s Churches of Christ
L ghthouse of Iowa April 2011
Keeping in touch with Iowa’s Churches of Christ
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Dean Avenue Meeting t imes—Sundays: 9 :30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Wednesdays: 7:00 p.m.
Locat ion—2907 Dean Ave., Des Moines, Iowa
For information cal l—John McNeece, (515)263-9428 or Don Warren, (515)967-5650
Chariton Meeting t imes—Sundays: 9 :30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m.
Locat ion—15th & Roland, Chariton, Iowa
For information cal l—Clarence Van Egdom, (641)932-5686 or Albert Schreck, (641)535-2381
After an extensive battle
with cancer, Ron Van Egdom
died at home on March 25th. He
had been in and out of the
hospital the past several
months. During the past
several weeks his wife’s
parents, Kenneth and Barbara
Thompson of Warrensburg,
Missouri, had arrived to share
this difficult time. Many family
members attended services and
shared end of the month dinner
at Dean Avenue Church of
Christ on Sunday, March 27th.
Visitation was held at
Grandview Funeral Home on
Monday, March 28th. Funeral
services were held on Tuesday,
March 29th at the same funeral
home, followed by dinner at
Dean Avenue Church of Christ.
Jean Van Egdom wishes to
thank everyone for their many
prayers, food, phone calls,
visits, and other supportive
efforts during this difficult
time.
Those who were on the sick
list last month included Maxine
Phipps; Elsie LeMar; Risa
Schamel, who had foot surgery;
and Greg Head, who underwent
gall bladder surgery, plus
removal of gallstones. Mary Lou
Allen was hospitalized over
night the last weekend of
March with severe back pains.
She and her husband, Earl,
were missed since they rarely
are absent from church
services.
Visitors who attended
services during the past month
included Tracy Penick; Ciera
Coe; Kim Lanc; Alexa Ferrel;
Clarence and Deloris Van
Egdom of Albia, Iowa, and their
son, Keith Van Egdom from
D o d ge r v i l l e , Wisc o ns i n ;
Kenneth Thompson from
Warrensburg. Missouri; Shawn
Head from Michigan; Tyler
Curry from S.E. Polk; Tammy
and Ashley Fitzgerald; plus four
generations were represented in
Don and Margaret Warren’s
family with the visits of their
great-grandchildren, Courtney,
Kenneth, and Carter and Amy
on March 6th.
During spring break, David
and Marla Fetters and
daughter, Kara, flew to Hawaii
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Keith, Denise, Megan, and
Riley Van Egdom of Wisconsin
have been spending some time
with Clarence and Deloris.
They were here for Clarence
and Deloris’ 60th Wedding
Anniversary and during Ron’s
illness and death. Clarence and
Deloris Van Egdom were
married 60 years on March 17!
Norm and Mary Jo Riekens
have returned from Texas. They
had lots of fun and wish to
thank everyone who filled in at
services for them while they
were gone.
Carl and Evelyn Bennett
recently spent a weekend in
Kansas City and attended
services at Claycomo. Their son
and daughter-in-law took them
d o w n t o v i s i t t h e i r
granddaughter, Annette, and
her family.
Albert, Jeanette and
Chantelle Schreck attended the
weekend meeting at Section,
Kansas.
April Birthdays 5 – Chantelle Schreck
We would like to sincerely thank everyone for all of the thoughts and prayers this last year during Ron’s battle with cancer.
We will miss him dearly. We also want to thank you for all of the thoughtful cards, phone calls and food.
Your thoughtfulness was very much appreciated. With love and thanks, Clarence & Deloris Van Egdom
to visit their oldest daughter
Alissa Garbi and husband,
Ian.
Earl Allen, Skip and Risa
Schamel, and Ron and Karma
Sharp went on a weeklong
driving trip to Albuquerque,
New Mexico, to visit Earl’s
brother, Warren Allen, before
motoring on to California and
returning home.
Yvonne Coe vis ited
relatives in Florida.
Shirley McNeece flew to
Austin, Texas, to visit her
daughter, Jamie Fertig, who
was expecting a new baby. She
was joined by her husband,
Bill McNeece, a week later.
Members rejoiced when
Mike Warren stepped up to
pledge his commitment and
return to Dean Avenue
congregation. He has been
driving his parents, Don and
Margaret Warren, to and from
church services.
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Fairview Meeting t ime—Sundays: 10:00 a.m.
Locat ion—22nd & Orange St . , Clar inda, Iowa
For information cal l—Richard Negley, (712)542-3728 or Marvin Negley, (712)542-2972
In March, John, Deb, and
Madelyn Negley worshiped
with us, as did Amy, Jon,
Micah, and Isaac Schmidt; and
Molly, Van, Zoey, Beau, and
Kemper Gilmore. It’s always
refreshing to have young people
join us - especially the little
“amens”! Elsie Negley has been
able to attend a couple times
this month and Jewell Warner
once. However, Mary Lou
Madden has been under the
weather or just didn’t feel up to
getting out. We miss their
wisdom and spunk!
Our congregation is pleased
to have an updated kitchen,
with Neil and Becky McCoy
providing quite a bit of the
footwork and elbow grease.
Steve Driftmier will be
flying to Florida in late March
to drive Jack and Bobbie
Swisher home. We look forward
to their safe return to Iowa for
the summer.
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Dean Avenue
April Birthdays 2 – Karla Fetters
4 – Tyler Aswegan
6 – Shawn Head
9 – Donna McNeece
11 – David Fetters
13 – Carter Prenosil
19 – Peg Warren
April Anniversaries 27 – Bill & Shirley McNeece
April Anniversaries
2 – Jim & Mary Rine
19 – Richard & Janet Negley
25 – Jack & Bobbie Swisher
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Our visitors this past month
were: Lou and Connie Meinke,
and Marian Parrish; Pat
Schriber was visiting her sister,
Marje Turnquist and family;
and Kevin Waits.
Nels and Marje Turnquist
were in Minneapolis visiting
with daughter Suzanne and
family.
Ryan and Jamie Ingle and
Elijah, Rodney, and Alena Ingle
visited with Ryan and Rodney’s
grandparents, Roy and Ruth
Whanger.
Betty Curtis, Tyler and
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Martensdale Meeting Times—Sundays: 10:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Wednesdays: 7 :30 p.m.
Locat ion—439 Hwy. 92 (1.5 mi les east of Martensdale, Iowa)
For information cal l—Duane Proudfit , (515)961-4470 or Mike Penick, (515)989-4165
Congratulations to Cassidy
Phillips and Dave Henderson,
who were a part of the
Martensdale-St. Mary’s Class
1-A Champion Girls Basketball
team. Cassidy is a sophomore
player on the team and her
step-dad, Dave, is the assistant
coach.
Steve and Cerine Proudfit
were in the area March 4-6.
They were able to watch their
niece, Cassidy Phillips, play in
the championship game at
Wells Fargo Arena and they
worshiped with us Sunday
morning.
Dwight, Diana, and Lindsey
Adell from the Gregory Blvd.
Congregation attended services
March 13th. Lindsey spent the
following week (spring break)
with Cassidy Phillips. Maddy
Hermon also spent some time
with them and attended
Wednesday evening services.
Bryan and Jennifer Bown
and their family were in the
area over the March 12-13
weekend to see Marlene Bown
before her surgery. Jennifer
and the kids worshiped with us
on March 13th.
Cindy Stanley (daughter of
Dick and Phyllis Bown) had
surgery for colon cancer on
March 9th. Everything went
well and she is at home now
recovering from the surgery.
Phyllis is spending a couple
weeks with Dennis and Cindy
and their three boys to help out
while Cindy recovers and Dick
is going down on weekends.
Please continue to keep Cindy
and her family in your prayers,
as she will go through another
round of treatments once she
recovers from surgery.
Marlene Bown had surgery
on March 16th to have a hyster-
ectomy, gall bladder removal,
and hernia repair. There was
cancer in the uterus but it had
not yet spread to any other
areas and all of her lymph node
samples came back cancer free.
She is expected to come home
Monday, March 28th.
Marta Weeks was involved
in a car accident and broke her
wrist and bones in the opposite
hand. She has had surgery on
both and will be off work for
several weeks.
A wedding shower for Drew
Teghtmeyer and Courtney
Penick was held at the Pleasant
Hill building on March 19th.
We had a lot of fun and they
received many nice things. Due
to the shower we had several
visitors attend morning worship
on March 20th, including:
Drew’s parents, Randy and
Laura Teghtmeyer; his sister,
Amanda Wall and her husband
Bill; his sister Cassie Crane and
cousin Brian. Courtney’s sister,
Stephanie Stephens and her
daughter, Ada, also attended
services.
Jordan Bown attended the
weekend meeting at Section,
Kansas.
Pleasant Hill Meeting Times—Sundays: 9 :30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Wednesdays: 7:00 p.m.
Locat ion—5091 E . Univers i ty, Pleasant Hi l l , Iowa Website: pleasanthillchurchofchrist.org
For information call—Bob Flack, (515)262-7329; Lowell Hermon, (515)989-0727; or Mike Warner, (515)967-4529.
April Birthdays 7 – Bethany Phillips
11 – Marta Weeks
29 – Marlene Bown
April Anniversaries 14—Duane & Mary Proudfit
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Ryan were in Arizona.
Josh Brady was in South
Carolina for two weeks for
training with Iowa Air National
Guard.
Marc and Ginger Hermon
and family were visiting with
Matt and Kelly Harvey and
family in the St. Louis area.
Marty and Lisa Williamson
and Nathan were on a cruise.
Marje Turnquist spent a few
days in St. Louis with her
sisters.
Josh and Erica Conner were
in Tennessee.
Rodney and Alena Ingle,
Carly Felice and Megan
Stevens went to the Ottawa,
Kansas meeting.
Those who have experienced
illnesses during the past month
were: Dani Brand; the Marc
Hermon family; Dan and Amy
Pritchard and Josiah; Niko
Felice; Brandon and Kinnick
Ingle; Kelly and Brady George;
Sharon Stevens; and Suzanne
Harvey, who had hernia
surgery. She is home and doing
well.
Dean and Bev Hayes will be
celebrating 60 years of
marriage on April 14 th.
Congratulations!
Our Vacation Bible School
will be held June 20-24, with
John Lee. Please watch future
issues for more details.
The cooking class will be
Sunday afternoon, April 17th at
Nora Lee Ingle’s.
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Pleasant Hill
Vandalia Meeting Times—Sundays: 9 :30 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Wednesdays: 7:30 p.m.
Locat ion—2.5 mi les east of Runnel ls , Iowa on F70, then 1 mi le north on 131 s t St .
Website: vandaliacoc.com
For information cal l—Greg Ingle, (515)994-2824 or Charles Ingle, (515)966-2537
We were saddened at the
passing of Rachel Daugherty on
March 12th. She was very dear
to us all and had been a faithful
member here for many years.
We offer our sympathy to her
husband, Walter.
Our visitors this past month
were: Paige Trunnel (niece of
Kelsey Knight), Ryan and
Jamie Ingle and Elijah;
Christine Green ( friend of Rob
Guthrie), Dawn Dowdy; and
Jason and Staci Miller.
Charles and Angie Ingle,
Charity and Lucas spent a few
days in Chicago on vacation.
Doug and Lisa Fiorentin
and Nathan spent a weekend in
Carrolton, Missouri visiting
Jason and Staci Miller. They
also spent part of spring break
vacationing in Omaha.
Derek and Amy Ingle and
Brighton spent a weekend at
Clear Lake.
Continued on page 6
Iowa Traveling
Bible Study (ITBS) The May study will be
May 7 at Nora Lee Ingle’s
June study: Clarinda
Please check with hostess to see if
she would like you to bring any food.
If you have any questions, call
Rodney Ingle
at 515-669-0365.
April Birthdays 2 – Brandon Ingle
2 – Robert White
6 – Rena Christian
7 – Mary Alice Fillman
7 – Rosanne Van Vleet
8 – Betty George
9 – Annabel Albright
10 – Ryane Brady
10 – Wanda Burkman
11 – Bruce Harvey
17 – Melba Tingle
18 – Carroll Warren
18 – Pam Climpson
20 – Cheree Stump
21 – Lilly Albright
26 – Betty Warren
30 – Brady George
April Anniversaries
5 – Randy & Teresa Ingle
14 – Dean & Beverly Hayes
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April Birthdays 6 – Margaret Ingle
April Anniversaries 15 – Devon & Erin Ingle
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friends throughout the country. News is submitted by representatives from each congregation, but
you may send general questions, address changes, or news to Ruth Schell at 6645 S.E. 120th St.
Runnells, IA 50237, (515)966-2027. Email: [email protected]
Vandalia
This poem from the book Every Eye Beholds You was contributed by Marvin Ingle in honor of our dear sister, Rachel Daugherty.
Our sister’s gone, she is no more;
She’s quit our coast, she’s left our shore;
She’s burst the bounds of mortal clay,
The spirit’s fled and soars away.
We now may hear the solemn call:
“Be ye prepared both great and small;”
The call excludes no sex or age,
For all must quit this mortal stage.
Then let the righteous sing,
When from corruption they get free:
O death where is thy sting?
O grave where is thy victory?